... with the powerful sound of his big band and balance the off-center accents of famed Be-Bop drummer Kenny Clarke's drumming, with the genuine sound of African and Cuban percussion. "I want somebody to play them Tom-Tom thangs' man."" This was Dizzy asking his good friend and purveyor of Latin music, Mario Bauza, if he knew anybody who would and ... some of his own ideas into the big band's repertoire. He started by suggesting the idea of primal chanting in some of their number and then began to hand out percussion instruments to members of the band on the bus, and encourage jam sessions,...

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